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Breviary, for Dominican use : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-258; ff. 259-280v (paper; blank). [Breviary] Latin. ff. 1-5v, Commemorations; ff. 5v-8v, Prayers and lessons for the dead; ff. 8v-10v, Office for matins; ff. 10v-14, Prayers for various occasions; ff. 14v-52, Hours of the Virgin, Dominican use; ff. 52-129, Office, prime through compline; ff. 129v-174v, Office of the Dead, Dominican use; ff. 174v-192v, Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 193-212v, Psalmi communes; ff. 212v-217v, Office of Dominic; ff. 217v-238, Common of saints; ff. 238-251, Sanctorale; ff. 251-257v, Offices for the Monday after the Octave of Easter and the following 4 Sundays; selected psalms and antiphons, some with musical notation.
Type
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Date
[between 1450 and 1499]
Call number
mssHM 1065
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Written in Germany in the second half of the fifteenth century, for use of Dominican nuns, as shown by the saints venerated and by the beginning of compline, f. 102, "Sorores sobrie estote..." On the front pastedown, ca. 1700: "S[chwester?] Margareta Burgerein zue St. Catharina in Freyburg"; also on the front pastedown, a pressmark in red ink, "C.M. XXIV," and a label, "No. 3." Number 67 in a modern sale by Anderson, according to De Ricci (that number in pencil in the lower left corner of the front pastedown). Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
79 x 110 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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